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Published 31 December 2020
In Nigeria, more than half of registered electricity consumers get monthly bills that are estimated by the distribution companies and prepaid meters are still hard to come by, more than seven years after the privatisation of the power sector, ‘FEMI ASU reports
Millions of electricity consumers across the country lack functional meters, with many groaning under the weight of estimated bills from the distribution companies as they are deprived of the right to be in full control of how much they spend on electricity monthly.
In 2016, when Mr John Ovat was about moving into a new apartment at Rumuagholu Pipeline in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, his landlord, Dr Enang Idongesit, was sick and tired of the estimated bills he was receiving from Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company. ....

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